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A Happy Marriage in an Unhappy World
marriage. And marriages will roost certainly
be
affected.
The spiritual depth of marriage was further demon–
strated by Paul when he wrote, "For this reason a man shall
leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the
two shall become one flesh. This is a great mystery, but I
speak concerning Christ and the church" (Eph. 5:31-32).
Human marriages should be a living type of the great
spiritual relationship of Christ to his church.
Marriage, then, goes beyond the physical. The most
important ingredients in a happy marriage are spiritual in
nature.
For example, the one word that best describes God is
found in I John 4:8, "For God is LOVE."
Sounds so simple. But there is no greater word than love.
And in that one word-love-is the real key to happy mar–
riage.
What is lacking in the unhappy marriages
all
over the
world is love.
Yet the word love is most associated with marriage.